Job Description

Senior SOC Analyst

Department: Cyber Services and Capabilities

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: NLD Rijswijk

Senior SOC Analyst Location: Rijswijk

In Short:

The Senior SOC Analyst plays a crucial role in managing the most complex and sensitive security incidents escalated from Junior and SOC Analysts. This role requires a high level of technical expertise in incident response, investigation, and threat hunting, providing expert guidance and recommendations for incident resolution and mitigation. The Senior SOC Analyst will also develop advanced security strategies, tools, and procedures and write rules for threat detection.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages complex and sensitive security incidents with expertise.
• Provides guidance and recommendations for incident resolution.
• Develops advanced security strategies and procedures.
• Performs threat hunting and advanced incident analysis.
• Demonstrates excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and an advanced understanding of networking, security tools, and frameworks.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Triage Analysing and managing complex incidents.
• Analysis Investigating incidents using collected information, drafting findings, correlating incidents, and concluding analyses.
• Reporting Informing customers of incident findings and following up on service performance.
• Quality Assurance Ensuring the highest standards of incident management and response.
• Tuning Creating tuning tickets and assisting with tuning tasks.
• Threat Hunting Conducting proactive threat hunts for successful attacks and high-risk activities.
• Projects Leading security projects and initiatives.
• Documentation Creating and maintaining operational and process documentation.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience: 4+ years in cybersecurity or a related field.
• Educational Level: Master's degree or higher.
• Security Knowledge: Expert level.
• Programming/Scripting: Advanced skills.
• Security Tooling Knowledge: Expert level.

Desired Certifications:

• OSINT
• Splunk Core User, Power User, Admin
• VMware Carbon Black Cloud Professional
• Microsoft SC-200, SC-900, AZ-104, AZ-500, AZ-900
• Blue Team Level 1

Competencies

• High technical skillset and critical thinking.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written).
• Task accuracy, prioritization, and attention to detail.
• Stress resistance and integrity.
• Collaboration and organizational sensitivity.

Job Benefits

Our Offer:


You will work in a dynamic environment at the forefront of cybersecurity, where your expertise and ideas are highly valued. Fox-IT offers:

• Flexible working hours and hybrid working options.
• A favourable pension scheme, 26 vacation days (+4 mandatory days off), and 8% holiday pay.
• Development opportunities, including training, TechTalks, events, and access to Fox Academy.
• A laptop and business phone, or a reimbursement for using your own phone.
• Remote work allowance and performance-based bonuses.

Become a Foxer!

Do you see yourself thriving in this challenging role? Apply now and be part of our mission to create a more secure society. A comprehensive screening process is part of our onboarding procedure. We encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace.

About Your Application:

We review every application carefully and will contact you if your knowledge and experience match our requirements. If you don't hear from us within 10 days, we encourage you to apply for other positions that may be a better fit.